Index / Search / Ricinus communis
§1 Plant
Ricinus communis L.
vernacular castorbean — species · Euphorbiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Ricinus
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- NAV Navassa Island Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 92 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 92 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Broward 12011
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hendry 12051
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Lucie 12111
- Volusia 12127
Georgia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RICO3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5380041 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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